Teaching faculty

Dr. Tran Trung Thanh received both BSc degree (2002) and Master degree (2005) in Mechanics from Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam. He holds a first PhD degree (2012) in Mechanical Engineering from Jeju National University, South Korea and second PhD degree (2016) in Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University, United States. ---------------------------------Field expertise:

After gathering experiences in industrial engineering research applied to remanufacturing operations planning and with a managerial background, I am ready to accompany development initiatives for a global transition to circular and ultimately sustainable production and consumption patterns.My current responsibilities involve:- Administration of the Master Study program Global Production Engineering and Management (GPEM) in Ho-Chi-Minh City, Vietnam.- Development of national and international projects in Production Engineering and Management research in partnership with academia and industry,- Teaching of classes in Production Engineering at University level for Time Studies and Circular Manufacturing Systems in Germany, Turkey and Vietnam- Supervision of Bachelor and Master theses,- Writing and presentation of scientific journal and conference articles publications.Field expertise:

- Systemic models for the definition and improvement of remanufacturing processes,- Life Cycle Engineering and Business Models for efficient remanufacturing in networks,- Sustainable Development and Entrepreneurship,- Technologies and Concepts for Knowledge Transfer and Education.

From 1987-1989 he worked as a project engineer in a medium-sized engineering company. Then he worked on research projects at the IWF, TU Berlin, and consulting projects at Fraunhofer-Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology (IPK). In the period 2002-2005 Prof. Jochem performed optimization projects in the area of product creation processes at Bosch Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH. From 2005-2010 he hold the chair on Quality Management at University of Kassel, Germany. Since 2009 he is Extraordinary Professor for Quality Management at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.His research and consulting focuses are model-based process-oriented quality, standardized quality processes, quality management, quality excellence, organizational design of quality departments, innovation and requirements management.Prof. Jochem is author of seven books; Author of more than 50 Articles published in Journals, Conference Proceedings or Edited Books.Field expertise:

Dr. Vi Hong Nguyen, a lecturer in Sustainable Product Development, Department of the Global Production Engineering Management (GPEM), Faculty of Engineering. Dr. Vi got a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering (2017), Old Dominion University, USA. She has several years of working in industry and her research interests include the fields of sustainable development, environmentally friendly manufacturing processes, advanced manufacturing technology, and production planning. Field expertise: